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[quote user="marknewton"] But there's the rub - G "scale" isn't a scale at all, is it? And the typical garden layout isn't, and will never be, a model railroad, no matter how much you might like to argue otherwise. Mark.[/quote] As a long term HO fine scale modeler, and therefore a stickler for details, I must point out that G isn’t a scale or a gauge, it is a loosely defined term for large scale model railroads. The track is generally #1 gauge, but several scales are used. By definition a Model is "A)to shape or fashion in a plastic material. B) to produce a representation or simulation of C)miniature representation of something." quoted from merriam webster collegiate dictionary 10th ed. A railroad is.... if I need to explain what a railroad is on here to you, quit reading. So your point is wrong, no argument required, look it up in Websters. Now if you were trying to say that some, G modelers don't fit your standard of scale modeling, you may have a point from your point of view. I will make a counter point: I dare you to respond to! Take a picture of your layout and post it against Marty Cozads (if you say he is the exception I will get many other photos of many other outdoor railroads for you) and request which photo looks like a photo of a real railroad. I doubt you would win. But please try me, I would love the contest. Secondly, ......[quote user="marknewton"] When I'm paying the full price for the magazine, I expect *all* of the content to be relevant to me.  ...... Cheers, Mark.[/quote] IF ALL that is in MR is relevant to you, except for the garden railroad stuff, you must have a very interesting layout which involves many scales, eras, operation styles, conflicting operating systems, and is a model of the entire railroad system of North America. If you have all that, we all -in each and every railroad magazine Kalambach makes! -need to see that layout! No mater what scale/gauge/location you model. Just in case you have not got it thru your thick head yet, I model in 2 scales. I am a member of both the local HO & G clubs. I am a stickler in every gauge I model. No mater how you respond to me about "something wrong with G", I can do the same about any other gauge, as I know faults about all. Finally, I assume you use prototypically correct radius, exactly how many scale miles is your railyard long, or how many scale miles do you have between towns? This problem is with all gauges/scales. If you don't have all this correct, you are making a scale error! If you DO have all this correct, I believe you would be the first RR modeler in history to do so, once again worthy of every mag. Some model railroads have more errors than others, but who are you to judge?
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